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In January, Dr. Elisabeth Potter says she was midway through performing a breast reconstruction surgery when a call from a representative from UnitedHealthcare came into the operating room.

The health insurance company wanted to talk about the patient on the table.
Texas surgeon says UnitedHealthcare dispute may force her into bankruptcy
Dr. Elisabeth Potter says she may be forced into bankruptcy if her clinic isn’t accepted by the insurance giant.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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BREAKING: The WNBA announced it is adding three more expansion teams in the coming years that will be located in Cleveland, Philadelphia and Detroit.
June 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA to expand to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia over next 5 years, giving league 18 teams.
June 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction against the medical provider funding prohibitions in Trump's EO seeking to restrict gender-affirming medical care for those under 19 and the "gender ideology" funding restriction in his Jan. 20 "sex"-defining EO.
ORDER For the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, ECF 69, is GRANTED! It is further ORDERED that Defendants U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in his official capacity as Secretary of HHS; the Health Resources and Services Administration ("HRSA"; Diana Espinosa, in her official capacity as Principal Deputy Administrator of HRSA; the National Institutes of Health ("NIH"); Matthew J. Memoli, in his official capacity as Acting NIH Director; the National Science Foundation ("NSF"); Sethuraman Panchanathan, in his official capacity as Director of NSF; any subagencies of Defendant HHS, their officers, agents, successors, servants, employees, and attorneys, and any other persons who are in active concert or participation with them, are ENJOINED from conditioning, withholding, or terminating federal funding under Section 3(8) of Executive Order 14,168 and Section 4 of Executive Order 14,187, based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under the age of nineteen; it is further ORDERED that Defendants must provide written notice of the Court's preliminary injunction to all Defendants and their employees, contractors, and grantees by March 10, 2025. The written notice shall instruct the aforementioned groups that Defendants may not take any steps to implement, give effect to, or reinstate under a different name the directives in Section 3(g) of Executive Order 14,168 or Section 4 of Executive Order 14,187 that condition or withhold federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under the age of nineteen. The written notice shall also instruct Defendant agencies to release any disbursements on funds that were paused due to the Executive Orders; it is further ORDERED that the preliminary injunction remains in effect pending further orders from this Court; it is further ORDERED that Defendants shall file a status report on or before March 11, 2025, apprising the Court of the status of Defendants' compliance with this Order
March 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The Trump DOJ is big mad about their finest legal minds being humiliated in court
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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BREAKING: A Ninth Circuit panel DENIES the Trump administration’s request to limit the nationwide scope of a Seattle court’s injunction that blocks Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The panel included two Republican appointees, and one Democratic appointee
Before: CANBY, M. SMITH, and FORREST, Circuit Judges. Order by Judges CANBY and M. SMITH; Concurrence by Judge FORREST. Appellants have not made a "strong showing that [they are] likely to succeed on the merits" of this appeal. See Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 434 (2009) (quoting Hilton v. Braunskill, 481 U.S. 770, 776 (1987)). The emergency motion (Docket Entry No. 21) for a partial stay of the district court's February 6, 2025 preliminary injunction is denied The existing briefing schedule remains in effect. The clerk will place this case on the calendar for June 2025. See 9th Cir. Gen Ord. 3.3(f).
February 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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February 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM